MINNEAPOLIS — The Mets gathered late Wednesday, but the hits needed to celebrate their comeback victory never came.
The twins got what they needed for ten times.
Reed Garrett surrendered a leadoff single to Thailand France in the frame and sent autorunner Byron Buxton home with a 4-3 loss for the Mets in the target field of the series rubber game.
Pete Alonso walked to open 10 innings – with the runners in the first and second, including the auto, Jesse Winker hit a double play before Brandon Nemo retired.
The Mets were offensively apathetic for most of the afternoon, but eventually rolled in the eighth inning, scoring three runs with four hits to tie the match against reliever Griffin Jacks.
In his major league debut, Justin Hagenman scored more than 3 1/3 innings of runs after Haskar Brazovan was the opener. Hagenman allowed three hits and four hits.
Brazovan started the second after pitching the first innings scoreless after walking over Trevor Larnach. Hagenmann was in the game at that point.
Turnooker was thrown into the plate in two innings, trying to score from second place on a left single from Nemo’s single. Harrison Budder’s throw nailed the turn signal. Turnooker missed the home plate with his first approach.
Francisco Lindor hit the pitch for the fifth time, loading the base and pulling in the infield, causing Juan Soto to hit the grounder on Eduardo Julian. Julian tagged Lindor and then threw Soto into base.
Jose Bato surrendered the single to Badder in the sixth inning that produced the first run of the game. Run was charged with Hagenmann, who surrendered a leadoff double to Willi Castro. Byron Buxton delivered an RBI single late in the innings, bringing the Mets to a 2-0 hole.
The Mets had no replay challenge for the sixth time when Battle defeated Castro to Ball Alonso’s first base. Castro was safely controlled and gave the twins a 3-0 lead. Ryan Jeffers did not stop the run from 2 base to score a run with two outs.
Alonso and Winker stroked the RBI in a row, doubled for the eighth time, pulling Mets within 3-2. Luisangel Acuna’s RBI single tied it.
Lindor began the rally with a single and hit 20 games at the ballpark. This is the longest in the history of Target Fields.
